Tuesday, March 18, 2008

Daily Headlines: March 18, 2008

* A British court overturned an earlier decision brought up by ExxonMobil which froze $12 billion in assets held by Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA.

* Aside from being New York’s first black governor, David Paterson has also become the state’s first governor of Caribbean background.

* Authorities claimed that “a tough zero-tolerance policy” at the U.S.-Mexico border near El Paso has lead to a 78% increase in arrests.

* Chiquita Brands may have to return to court after a lawsuit was filed against them by four widows of men "disappeared" by Colombian guerillas.

Sources- Associated Press, CaribbeanWorldNews.com, Christian Science Monitor, The Latin Americanist, Bloomberg, International Herald Tribune

Image- New York Times


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